exigezvsexilerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“exigez” and “exiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,327
“exigez” frequency rank
#28,165
“exiler” frequency rank
75492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigez exiler
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. Envoyer en exil.

Where the eye mixes exigez and exiler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. exigez and exiler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
exigez
6 ch
exiler

Visual trap between exigez and exiler

A purely visual mix-up. exigez (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\) and exiler (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exigez is recorded at frequency rank #47,327, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\. exiler is at rank #28,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 75492, this pair ranks #33,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigez vs exiler

Shared letters: eix. Private to "exigez": gz. Private to "exiler": lr.

"exigez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "exiler" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigez ← eixgez · exgiez · exiegz · exigezz · exiggez · exigze · exxigez · xeigez
  • exiler ← eixler · exielr · exilerr · exiller · exilre · exlier · exxiler · xeiler

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exigez" and "exiler" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛɡ.zi.ʒe\ versus \ɛɡ.zi.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exigez" or "exiler"?
"exiler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,165 in our French list, against #47,327 for "exigez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exigez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,929 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigez" and "exiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,929 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list